Wednesday, February 22, 2006
This Day in Renaissance History
On this day in 1512, Spanish astronomer Amerigo Vespucci dies. His first name is the name of the so called New World's two continents, North and South America, because it was he and not Columbus who figured out and announced that Columbus had discovered a new continent. I wonder if it's Grimm's Law which changed Amerigo to America over time? Probably not.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:57 AM 
